{
  "section": "4706",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4706",
  "heading": "Display of Religious Items on an Entry Door or Frame",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2020-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 154, Sec. 2. (SB 652) Effective January 1, 2020.",
  "official_credit_line": "Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 154, Sec. 2. (SB 652) Effective January 1, 2020.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=4706.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [],
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "verification_note": "Text taken verbatim from the Legislative Counsel of California official code database and checked word for word against an independent publisher.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip",
      "accessed": "2026-10-11",
      "name": "leginfo (Legislative Counsel official bulk code database, LAW_SECTION_TBL)",
      "note": "Authoritative. Retrieved with tools/fetch.py, which reads the archive's central directory by HTTP range request and fetches only this section's member. The leginfo.legislature.ca.gov HTML page sits behind a bot challenge; this is the same database that backs it."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_4706",
      "accessed": "2026-10-11",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word.",
      "edition": "2025"
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "Except as restricted in Section 1940.5, no governing document shall limit or prohibit the display of one or more religious items on the entry door or entry door frame of the member’s separate interest.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s4706-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "If an association is performing maintenance, repair, or replacement of an entry door or door frame that serves a member’s separate interest, the member may be required to remove a religious item during the time the work is being performed. After completion of the association’s work, the member may again display or affix the religious item. The association shall provide individual notice to the member regarding the temporary removal of the religious item.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s4706-b"
    }
  ]
}